ʻO kahi moku kaʻahele mākaʻikaʻi e lawe ana ma mua o 470 mau kānaka, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe, ua hāʻule i ke kahakai hema o South Korea i ka Pōʻakolu, e waiho ana ma kahi o ʻelua mau kānaka, me kahi haumāna, ua make a ma kahi o 290 mau mea ʻē aʻe i nalowale.

Ua hoʻolaha mua ke aupuni Korea he 368 poʻe i hoʻopakele ʻia, akā ua hoʻomaopopo nā luna ma hope he hewa i ka helu ʻana i nā helu. ʻOi aku ma mua o 290 mau kānaka i ʻike ʻole ʻia, wahi a lākou.

Ua hopohopo naʻe, no ka lele nui ʻana o ka nui o ka make, ʻoiai ʻo ka nui o nā waʻa, nā helikopa a me nā mea luʻu i holo e hoʻopakele i nā poʻe e holo ana ma ka moku e holo ana i ka mokupuni mākaʻikaʻi hema o Jeju. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi mea kaʻa ua manaʻo ʻo ia he nui ka poʻe i paʻa i loko o ka ferry i ka wā i piholo ai.

ʻO nā luna kiaʻi kahakai, e ʻōlelo ana ma ke ʻano o ka inoa ʻole e haʻi ana i nā lula o ke keʻena, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ma kahi o ʻelua mau kānaka i make a ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ʻo 293, akā ʻaʻole i hāʻawi i nā kikoʻī hou aʻe, me ka mea i hiki ke hāʻule ka ferry. Ua ʻano like ʻole nā manaʻo manaʻo o ka poʻe nalo, make a me ka helu o nā poʻe holo ma ka moku i ka wā e ʻimi ai. Ua ʻōlelo mua kekahi luna aupuni ua ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 mau kānaka i ʻike ʻole ʻia, akā ua hoʻonui nā luna i ka helu i 295 i nalowale a laila hoʻololi iā ia i 293.

Ua hōʻike ʻia nā kiʻi pāpaʻi i nā haumāna pulu, ʻaʻohe kāmaʻa kekahi, ʻōwili ʻia kekahi i nā pākeʻe, mālama ʻia e nā limahana pilikia. Ua haʻi aku kekahi haumāna, ʻo Lim Hyung-min, i ka mea hoʻolaha YTN mai kahi hale haʻuki ma kahi mokupuni kokoke, ua lele ʻo ia a me nā haumāna ʻē aʻe i loko o ka moana me nā ʻaʻahu ola a laila ʻauʻau akula i kahi moku hoʻopakele kokoke.

ʻO ka mahana o ka wai ma ia wahi ma kahi o 12 degere Celsius (54 Fahrenheit), lawa ke anuanu e hōʻike ai i nā hōʻailona o ka hypothermia ma hope o 90 mau minuke a i ʻole 2 mau hola, e like me ka ʻōlelo a kahi luna ulia pōpilikia i ʻōlelo ma ke ʻano o ka inoa ʻole e haʻi ana i nā lula o ka ʻoihana. Ua ʻōlelo nā luna i ka paʻakikī o ka ʻimi ʻana ma lalo o ka wai i ka lepo ma ka papakū. Ua piholo ka moku i loko o ka wai he mau kilomita (mau mile) ma ka ʻākau o Byeongpung Island, kahi kokoke i ka ʻāina nui a ma kahi o 470 mau kilomita (290 mau mile) mai Seoul, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ke kiaʻi kahakai.

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There were fears, however, of a big jump in the death toll, as dozens of boats, helicopters and divers scrambled to rescue passengers who had been on the ferry traveling to the southern tourist island of Jeju.
The water temperature in the area was about 12 degrees Celsius (54 Fahrenheit), cold enough to cause signs of hypothermia after about 90 minutes or 2 hours, according to an emergency official who spoke on condition of anonymity citing department rules.
One student, Lim Hyung-min, told broadcaster YTN from a gym on a nearby island that he and other students jumped into the ocean wearing life jackets and then swam to a nearby rescue boat.